GitHub Docs MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposing GitHub documentation (enterprise site) topics via the Context7 API to AI clients.

Features

• get_github_docs – Retrieve a GitHub documentation excerpt by topic slug / keyword

Requirements

• Node.js 18+

Install

npm install

Build

npm run build

Test

npm test

Runs the Vitest suite (test/ directory) covering the fetch helper and truncation behavior.

Run (stdio)

Integrate with an MCP-compatible client (the client is responsible for spawning the process over stdio):

node build/index.js

You should see on stderr:

GitHub Docs MCP Server running on stdio

Tool Schemas

get_github_docs

Input:

{ "topic": "enterprise" }

Output: Text excerpt (truncated to ~5KB) of the requested GitHub documentation topic.

Development

• Source in src/
• Compiled JS in build/
• Shared HTTP helper: fetchGitHubDocs
• Validation via zod

Add a New Tool

Follow the pattern in src/tools/github-docs.ts (temporary filename) (see copilot-instructions.md for full guidelines):

1. Describe succinctly
2. Validate inputs with zod
3. Wrap logic in try/catch; return friendly failures
4. Keep responses concise

Logging & Errors

• All operational logs to stderr
• User-facing messages are short, no stack traces

Contributing

PRs welcome. Keep diffs minimal and aligned with existing style. See copilot-instructions.md for acceptance criteria.

License

MIT